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description: Nora feels awful and tells Mum herself about the £15. A Gen Alpha cousin says "she ate, no crumbs" ("ate" means did it brilliantly). Why is owning up good? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 18 «Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 9 · ★ · Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew

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Nora feels awful and tells Mum herself about the £15. A Gen Alpha cousin says "she ate, no crumbs" ("ate" means did it brilliantly). Why is owning up good?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nora, Gen cousin, cousin, ate · **What happens:** feel, tell, say, eat, mean, do · **To what, where:** Nora, Mum, crumbs, ate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 18 «Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew» of the money course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nora feels awful and tells Mum herself about the £15.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t9:1
# text = Nora feels awful and tells Mum herself about the £15.
1	Nora	Nora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Nora |  |  |  |  | awful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Nora *not said here* | Nora | Mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient herself=Topic |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* A Gen Alpha cousin says "she ate, no crumbs" ("ate" means did it brilliantly).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t9:2
# text = A Gen Alpha cousin says "she ate, no crumbs" ("ate" means did it brilliantly).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	ate	ate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
18	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	brilliantly	brilliantly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Gen cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | cousin | no crumbs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | present | ate |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** | past |  | ate |  |  |  | brilliantly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* Why is owning up good?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t9:3
# text = Why is owning up good?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	owning	own	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It makes the gems free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t9:o1:1
# text = It makes the gems free
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gems	gem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the gems |  |  |  | free *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material gem=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means Nora doesn't have to pay it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t9:o2:1
# text = It means Nora doesn't have to pay it back
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Nora	Nora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | Nora |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay back** | to-infinitive | Nora *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Mum is cross but proud, and trust starts to come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t9:o3:1
# text = Mum is cross but proud, and trust starts to come back
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **start** | present | trust |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **come back** | to-infinitive | trust *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's the same as never having done it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t9:o4:1
# text = It's the same as never having done it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
8	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **do** | gerund · perfect |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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